Here’s what Marina Dieul says about the artwork:
This artwork is about the fascination of watching a child sleeping, totally vulnerable and confident. I decided to keep the drawing in low key, although I wanted to have a few spots of perfect white. I massed the values to obtain a balanced composition, keeping the highest contrasts near my focal point, the baby’s face. Then I worked mostly by big masses, refining more and more the small shapes, using a lot of stomp, chamois and kneaded eraser. During the process, it became clear which edges needed to be very soft and where to keep some line works.